Ever seen a ghost?

Well, I’ve had enough of mules for a while. But before we move on, I’ll tell you that one of the customers has informed me that there’s a mule statue in Texas that I didn’t know about. It’s on the LeTulle Ranch, near the town of Markham, west of Bay City. Don’t know how I missed that one, since during my traveling days I did a ton of stories in that area. I’m told the mule statue was commissioned by rancher Thomas LeTulle, and it has his bronze likeness astride a small mule he rode when working cattle there in Matagorda County.

One of my favorite Texas statues is in that same area. In the same county anyway. Hawley Cemetery near Bay City has the towering likeness of the old cattleman, Shanghai Pierce, standing above his grave. I’ve visited that graveyard many times, and it’s the only place I ever thought I felt the presence of ghosts. But that happened back during my drinking days and I may have created those spirits, with the help of the wine I was sipping on.

But how about that for a topic? Ghosts. Have we had ghosts before? Have you ever seen a ghost?